The sun rises from the sea level in the east, and the sunlight spreads freely on the sea surface.

Under the strong sea breeze, huge waves surged towards the beach, hitting the reefs, splashing golden water splashes all over the sky.

In the distant harbor, due to visual errors, the originally huge Folang warships and other large and medium-sized ships seem so insignificant in the sea and sky, as if a huge wave can overturn all the sea ships, and even the Tai O Island will be submerged in the tide.

Chen Xi stood on a large reef on the shore, facing the red sun rising in the air, breathing deeply... This is his favorite thing since he went on a war. Every time he saw the rising sun rising, he could feel the vitality of life, and constantly reminded himself that I am still alive, and there are many things waiting for me to complete in the future, and many people who care about me and those who care about me need protection.

Another sleepless night!

Chen Xi could no longer remember what sleepless night he had. He found that his sleep was gradually decreasing, perhaps because he became a young man. In the past, he always felt drowsy if he didn't sleep for four or five hours a day, but now he is full of energy after two to three hours a day.

"Sir, the people sent to contact have successfully occupied four cottages on the island. They are counting prisoners and spoils. Do you... want to go and see them in person?"

Jing Yue came over and didn't want to disturb Chen Xi, but the soldiers were watching him with the determination and division of military merits. At this time, only Chen Xi could stabilize the morale of the army.

Chen Xi did not look back, continued to look at Xuri and asked, "Are there Japanese pirates on the island?"

"Japanese pirates?"

Jing Yue was stunned, "I haven't heard of it, it should be...no."

Chen Xi nodded and said, "So, the idea of ​​using war instead of training will be lost again. Lao Jing, if he meets an opponent with equal strength, such as the Japanese pirates and Lao Yue, what chance do you think we have of winning?"

After thinking carefully, Jing Yue replied: "Sir, the soldiers have experienced a lot of wars. Now they are holding back their energy to win a big victory. Are there bandits on Nan'ao Island waiting for us to wipe out? The morale of the army is available! I think even if there is no chance of winning, there should be 99%?"

Chen Xi shook his head and sighed. The army is now full of blind optimism. It was not so serious before. After a series of victories around Chenghai, the officers and soldiers felt that the journey was simply ruined, and military achievements were falling from the world, which was even easier.

If two tough battles can be fought in Tai O and Nan O Island, even a brief stalemate may be relieved. However, as the bandits on the two islands were afraid to escape before the battle, and the bandits on Tai O Island immediately chose to recruit the amnesty after the night attack failed, Chen Xi's plan to use war instead of training was lost again.

Jumping off the reef, Chen Xi called out: "Let's go, follow me to the island's hamlet, escort the island's bandits ashore in batches, send them to Huanggang, and hand them over to the Dacheng for the supervision! Huanggang is vast and sparsely populated, and the surrounding areas are mostly deserted because of the rampant bandits, and most of the fields are deserted. It would be better for these people to reclaim wasteland. After this battle, there will be no more bandits in northeastern Guangdong, so at least a few years of peace..."

When Chen Xi arrived at the nearest city wall, Ma Jiugang brought his men out from inside, his face full of embarrassment, and he came to Chen Xi and reported:

"Master, there are many soldiers who have private property, do you care or not?"

Ma Jiu was not a gossip. He was not here to complain, but just informed Chen Xi of what he saw and asked for advice. Before, when he was on the island of Juzhou, most of the governors and governors were formed by brothers from the chariot and horse gangs. He controlled the situation in time and did not let more officers and soldiers get in touch with money. Chen Xi also rewarded him in time, so there was no phenomenon of officers and soldiers hiding them privately.

However, this time this time, the governor and governor had already been sent out by Chen Xi. Some of them helped Tang Bohu to open up the salt field in Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the other part was assigned to Huiniang and Li Jin's chamber of commerce to help the chamber of commerce open up trade routes, communicate with local prefectures and counties and garrisons, and ensure the safety of commerce.

In this case, the results of letting the officers and soldiers of the garrison who were tempted to count the property can be imagined.

The soldiers broke through the four bastions on Da'ao Island without bloodshed, but the military achievements were divided equally. Many self-righteous officers and soldiers were unwilling to share the contributions with others. Since the rewards from the court were equal, they could privately hide some spoils in the bandit suppression operation, and a small piece of gold and silver was a great harvest.

Generals usually do not stop soldiers from hiding this private behavior because they hiding more.

This is a game that is more courageous. The more courageous the ones are, the more the veterans get, the more they get, and the new recruits are not very brave to put them in their arms.

Chen Xidao: "Call Deputy Qianhu Jing!"

"yes."

Ma Jiu went directly into the village and called Jing Yue out.

When Jing Yue appeared in front of Shen Xi again, his face was filled with satisfaction, and his arms were full of bulging... Chen Xi first came to the village to deal with the situation, cleared out all safety hazards, and became the general who detained himself. This was the case with the officer, and the soldiers were responsible for the operation.

Chen Xi looked at Jing Yue and asked, "Lao Yue, what's in his arms?"

Jing Yue touched his arms and realized that the exposure was because he was too greedy. He kept his property too obvious. Jing Yue was not a person who dared not admit it when doing things. He smiled and said, "Sir, this is not a broken thief's nest..."

"I asked you, what are you holding in your arms?" Chen Xi's face turned cold.

Jing Yue didn't dare to talk nonsense and took it out directly: "It's silver."

Although what Jing Yue took out was not the official ingot, snowflake silver, but it was also a melted silver ingot. One ingot had five to ten taels, a total of six ingots, which together were about forty or fifty taels.

Chen Xi's face turned black and he asked, "Jing Yue, do you know your guilt?"

"Sir, soldiers come out to fight, who doesn't want to earn a few taels of silver? They all have to support their families..."

Jing Yue was still quibbling at first, but when he saw Chen Xi's face look ugly, he suddenly remembered the local officials killed by Chen Xi, and quickly lowered his head, "I am guilty of being humble."

Chen Xi said in an unquestionable tone: "Jing Yue privately kept the silver and confiscated it. Knowingly committed it, he should be punished for his crimes, but he remembered his past achievements and did not ask for the beheading him. The person who came, dragged him down and beat him forty!"

"grown ups……"

When Jing Yue heard this, he became anxious. He caught an old thief yesterday and only beat twenty military sticks. Today I just did something very ordinary, so why would I have to be forty?

The generals who came next to him were somewhat guilty when they saw Jing Yue being dragged down, and none of them dared to go up and plead for Jing Yue.

Although private plunder has always been prohibited in the army, there is no "private plunder" in the "Ming Dynasty Law·Military Law". If it is said that it has a certain relationship with this crime, it is the crime of "spunishing the army and looting" in the "Ming Dynasty Law·Military Law·Military Politics", but it is also plundering ordinary people rather than bandits.

Because the ruler understands that if the officers and soldiers are not given benefits, why should they work for you? Therefore, the trophies are not only politically significant, such as the imperial seal, the princess and princesses of the destruction of the country, etc., and the other trophies, regardless of population, livestock, money, materials, etc., belong to the victor, and the victor can allocate them by themselves.

The "Ming Dynasty Law: Military Law" only roughly stipulates military rules and regulations. For details, each army is different. Even Chen Xi went south to pacify bandits before the New Year, and distributed spoils twice to supplement the rewards. The court let it go because this was Chen Xi's power.

It is equivalent to saying that Jing Yue’s crime of “privately collecting and confiscating silver” is not determined by the court, but Chen Xi used his own military rules to regulate the entire army.

Follow me to fight, less banditry!

The spoils of winning battles will be distributed eventually, but you don’t take them home in your pockets, and compete with whoever is braver will hide more. If anyone violates them, even my personal guard captain will be able to defeat them.

Sure enough, Chen Xi's move to kill the chicken to warn the monkey is very effective.

Others were not very convincing when beaten, Jing Yue was beaten, or was beaten when he thought he was wronged. All the soldiers in the army thought about it in their hearts!

What is the relationship between Jing Yue and the governor on weekdays? If the governor knows that I have also detained the spoils, wouldn’t I be hit with much more military sticks than Jing Yue?

For a moment, everyone was in danger and was silent.

Chenxidao: "Then, I will send someone to count and copy the goods. If there is a shortage of a piece of paper, I will order the entire army to search. If there is no shortage, I will reward the war in Nan'ao Mountain based on the amount of military achievements!"

After saying that, Chen Xi did not enter the camp, but asked someone to carry Jing Yue, who was beaten to the point of being weak, and head to the camp by the sea.

The generals and soldiers behind him quickly returned the spoils they had hidden privately. It was obvious that since Chen Xi said that he would reward the spoils, if he hid them privately, he would be asking for trouble.

Although most people are of equal military merits at present, the final distribution is definitely less than the ones that are deducted now, after all, there is still the battle of Nan'ao Mountain, and there are so many spoils on Tai'ao Island. The area of ​​Nan'ao Mountain is several times larger than that of Tai'ao Island. I believe that the thieves on the island have a richer family background.

After a war, military functions are divided into different levels. At that time, you can make a fortune by relying on military merits. Why should you take the risk of beheading yourself and hide it privately in the end? In the end, it is not legitimate?

"The governor and governor have made this move too much. Isn't this going to cut off the brothers' wealth route?" Although most of the people in the army supported Chen Xi, there were always people who complained secretly, after all, Chen Xi cut off their wealth route.
Chapter completed!